Lawmakers across the country have considered legislation this year that would allow courts or parole boards to reevaluate a person’s long prison sentence and decide whether they can be safely released ...

This time of year, aspiring elected officials insist that we must get tough on crime to keep us safe. “Getting tough” almost always includes imposing more and longer prison sentences. Unfortunately, ...

This time of year, aspiring elected officials insist that we must get tough on crime to keep us safe. “Getting tough” almost always includes imposing more and longer prison sentences. Unfortunately, ...

Long sentences in Florida have contrubuted to booming prison populations. Florida has one of the largest prison populations in the U.S. As of 2016, there were 99,000 people incarcerated in the state.

A new report from a bipartisan panel of criminal justice experts questions whether sending people to prison for 10 years or more is necessary or cost-effective. "How Long Is Long Enough?" from the ...

A dozen judges in New York City and nearby counties have repeatedly imposed such long criminal sentences that higher courts later decided to slash them by a total of more than 1,200 years, according ...

Thirty years ago next month, I began my work at the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times as a writing coach. Since then I have gathered and shared writing strategies with journalists, a body of work most ...

Fame can offer money, influence, and public admiration — but it does not guarantee immunity from the justice system. While many celebrities face minor legal troubles, only a handful have received long ...

Any time spent in prison is a long time, but we bring you an amazing list of some of the longest prison sentences in the world. You probably wonder what “longest prison sentence in the world” means ...

A barbed-wire fence surrounds a section of the State Correctional Institution at Phoenix in Collegeville, Pa. Pennsylvania state legislators have considered at least six “second look” bills this ...